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Alice Cooper Bass Tablature: I'm Eighteen

I'm Eighteen

Words and music by
From the album Love It To Death (1970)
Transcribed by Achilles

The bass line behind the solo isn't transcribed,
but it is basically the same as the "I've gotta get out of this place..." part. 

  Intro
G|------------------|-----------------| 
D|---9--9-----------|----5------------|  Play this twice.
A|-7--------7-6-5-4-|-3-----3/5555555-| 
E|------------------|-----------------| 

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5----5-----3/5555--345/77777\---9---9\--5---------|
A|0--/7777--7-7--7-7-3---------5-----------77-7-7--33-03303/7--|
E|---------7---------------------------------------------------|

  "Lines form on my   face   and hands...."
G|----------------------|---------------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------------|
A|--7--------------7\---|--3----------5------2/-----|
E|----------------------|---------------------------|


|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--7------------7\-|--3---------------2-|--3----------3--3--3---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|

                                                Chorus
                                                            "I'm
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|--3/5----5--5--5--2/-|--7---------------7\-|--3---------5--5--5------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|

   eighteen...."
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|----9--9-----------|-----5------------| Play this three times.
A|-7---------7-6-5-4-|-3------3/5555555-|
E|-------------------|------------------|

   "I've gotta...."                                  "I,ve got a
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5----5-----3/5555--345/77777\---9---9\--5---------|
A|0--/7777--7-7--7-7-3---------5-----------77-7-7--33-03303/7--|
E|---------7---------------------------------------------------|

  baby's    brain    and an      old man's heart..."
  "Lines form on my              "face and my hands..."           
|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
|--------9--------------9\-----|---------5------------------|--------9----------9\-|
|--7--7-----7--------7---------|--3---3------3--3--2--3---5-|--7--7-----7----7-----|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------5----------------|-----------5--5-----5-|--------7--------------|
|--3--3-----3--3--5-5-5-5-|--3-----3-------------|--5--5-----5--5--5--2/-|
|-------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

                                             "Cause I'm..."
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------9----------9\-------|--------5----------------| To chorus.
|--7--7-----7----7-----------|--3--3-----3--3--5--5--5-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|

End
                                          "I'm eighteen  and  I 
G|--------7--9----7h9--7--7----|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----9---------------------9-|--------5------------------------------------|
A|--7--------------------------|--3--3-----3------------5--5--5--------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

   "like it!..."
G|--------7--9--9--9---7--7----|-----------3---5-5-5-5--5--5-----------------|
D|-----9---------------------9-|--------5---------------------5--------------|
A|--7--------------------------|--3--3---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


G|--------7--9--9--9--7----|--------3--5---------5--7-|
D|-----9-----------------9-|-----5------------7-------|Twice.
A|--7----------------------|--3------------5----------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|

                                                       "..like it!"
G|--------7--9--9--9--7----|--------3--5---------5--7-|----------------------|
D|-----9-----------------9-|-----5------------7-------|----------------------|
A|--7----------------------|--3------------5----------|---7----7-------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|

    C            D           Em
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|--3------------5-----------7------|
E|----------------------------------|
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